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Off-Farm Employment Decisions by Massachusetts Farm Households [PDF]
Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1989 The off-farm labor participation and supply decisions of Massachusetts farm families were estimated in a model which allows for joint decisions. The hypothesis of joint off-farm participation decisions by operators and spouses was rejected. However, there was some evidence that the hours supplied by the farm operator was dependent upon the decision by ...
Lass, Daniel A. +2 more
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Ciência Rural, 2023 : As an essential way to enhance farmers’ self-development ability, off-farm employment plays an indispensable role in farmers’ multidimensional poverty reduction in many countries. Employing a survey of 1926 farmers in five provinces of the Yellow River
Xixi Wu +3 more
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Agriculture, 2023 The practical implementation of the employment promotion effect of the digital economy is closely linked to rural laborers’ digital skills (DS). Therefore, this study uses the Mprobit model to empirically test the impact of DS on rural labor employment ...
Xiumei Wang +3 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 The three rights separation reform (TRSR) has laid a concrete foundation institutionally to guide the well-ordered transfer of farmland and promoting the development of urbanization.
Sudan Zhao +3 more
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Effect of Forestland Property Rights and Village Off-Farm Environment on Off-Farm Employment in Southern China [PDF]
Sustainability, 2020 Reasonably promoting the off-farm employment of rural surplus labor in China’s collective forest areas is an important way to increase forest resources and increase farmers’ income. China’s new round of collective forest tenure reform (CFTR) aims to optimize forest area labor allocation by strengthening forestland property rights.
Yang Yang +5 more
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Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2023 Over the last three decades, Nepal has experienced a rapid transition in rural livelihoods, from largely subsistence farming to more diversified off-farm employment and remittances.
Dil Khatri +6 more
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Off-farm income promotes energy transition in the Pan-Third Pole cross-national region
Advances in Climate Change Research, 2023 The Pan-Third Pole region comprises multiple nations affected by climate vulnerability and energy inequality, wherein promoting energy transitions in rural households would provide a path to combat climate change. Identifying the factors that drive rural
Xiao-Qi Zheng +4 more
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Determinants of Engagement in Off-Farm Employment in the Sanjiangyuan Region of the Tibetan Plateau
Mountain Research and Development, 2017 The Sanjiangyuan region is a typical ecologically vulnerable region. Although environmental initiatives in the region have had positive results, criticism has arisen that one of these, the ecological migration policy, did not achieve the desired results ...
Jianzhong Yan +4 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 In the eastern India region, due to the dominance of fragmented and smaller land holdings and lack of irrigation facilities, the adoption of green revolution technologies has progressed slowly. Economic growth, income, and land fragmentation have induced
Maria L. Malabayabas, Ashok K. Mishra
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Agriculture, 2023 Promoting ratoon rice is a critical measure for ensuring food security in China. Understanding the mechanism underlying farmers’ decision-making involving ratoon rice production may contribute to the design and implementation of extension policies.
Xue Shen +3 more
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